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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 1165 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 1165 Observed fall: No Year found: 2001 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass:  240 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 26 approved meteorites classified as H-melt breccia. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Melted chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 14 Sep 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 103:
Northwest Africa 1165 (NWA 1165) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2001 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H, melt breccia) Petrography: The meteorite is a breccia consisting of chondritic fragments intermingled with melted and completely recrystallized lithologies. In the latter Fe-sulfide droplets are abundant. Chondritic fragments are of type H5 with plagioclase grain-sizes of about 20 μm; shock stage of those fragments is S4. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB103 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011) Stehlik: Harald Stehlik, 1220 Wien, Austria (private address) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 103, MAPS 52, 1014, May 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12888/full
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| Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9116 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1873 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||